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Announcement: 5th annual WHAT A CHARACTER Blogathon

“What’s great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It’s not about the gloss of your eyebrows.” – Martin Short We’re back for a fifth consecutive year to honor the versatility and depth of supporting players with the WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon.  Based on a phrase borrowed from Turner Classic Movies (TCM) the WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon is an … Continue reading Announcement: 5th annual WHAT A CHARACTER Blogathon

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Edward Everett Horton, Unmistakable Character

When I was little, my first introduction to Edward Everett Horton was not exactly how I think of him now. I didn’t even know what he looked like back then. He was only a faceless voice to me. That unmistakable voice. It was graveley yet in a soft and soothing way. Perhaps because he was the voice of Fractured Fables on the Rocky and Bullwinkle … Continue reading Edward Everett Horton, Unmistakable Character

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Announcement: 3rd annual WHAT A CHARACTER! BLOGATHON

“I was only a leading man for a minute; now I’m a character actor.” … Robin Williams Back in 2012 we- as in Aurora, Paula and I- borrowed a catch-phrase from our home of the classics, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) to host a blogathon dedicated to those whose names few remember.  The phrase is WHAT A CHARACTER! and the players are actors who rarely got … Continue reading Announcement: 3rd annual WHAT A CHARACTER! BLOGATHON

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the @getTV Mickey Rooney Blogathon- September Participants

September is here. This means the @getTV Mickey Rooney Blogathon has begun and proceeds throughout the entire month. Co-hosts Aurora of Once Upon A Screen, Paula  of Paula’s Cinema Club and yours truly will continue to accept and host participating entries. [Full @getTV schedule, banner, and the guidelines can be found on my prior post here. ] With such a LONG career in film and TV … Continue reading the @getTV Mickey Rooney Blogathon- September Participants

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Jaws- The Smell, The Speech, and the Fair Spanish Ladies

“This post is part of the SPIELBERG BLOGATHON hosted by Outspoken & Freckled, It Rains… You Get Wet, and Citizen Screenings taking place August 23-24. Please visit these host blogs for a full list of participating blogs.” I’ve always had vivid memories of my early years. The first time I saw Jaws was at a drive in in the back seat of my parents’ station wagon. I know… back … Continue reading Jaws- The Smell, The Speech, and the Fair Spanish Ladies

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the SPIELBERG BLOGATHON

For many, August signals the ending of summer. One of the fun ways this August celebrates summer is via sharks, sharks and more sharks. Sharknadoes came back with a sequel vengeance when “Sharknado 2” aired on SyFy channel recently and became a national, albeit majorly campy, phenomena. August 10th, Discovery Channel returns in it’s 27th season of the very popular “Shark Week” and “JAWS Week” … Continue reading the SPIELBERG BLOGATHON

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getTV Mickey Rooney Blogathon

In April of this year the world lost Mickey Rooney, an entertainer whose career spanned an unbelievable nine decades.  Born in Brooklyn New York on September 23, 1920, Rooney was on the Vaudeville stage almost before he could talk and appeared in his first movie at the age of six.  From there the movies became his life.  With sidesteps into radio and television Mickey Rooney … Continue reading getTV Mickey Rooney Blogathon

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